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                $('#ssoauth').prepend('<p class="welcome_msg">Hi,&nbsp;<a href="' + personaURL + '" title="Go to your profile">' + dispName + '</a></p><p class="action"><a class="logout" href="/rest/sso/rpx_logout/">Sign Out</a></p>');
            }
        }

        function getCommentsInfo(articleKey) {
            // build the comments request
            var request = new PluckSDK.CommentsPageRequest();
            request.CommentedOnKey = new PluckSDK.ExternalResourceKey();
            request.CommentedOnKey.Key = articleKey;

            // build the requests array and send the request
            PluckSDK.SendRequests([request], getCommentsInfoCallback);
        }

        function getCommentsInfoCallback(responses){
            // add the comments link in the Share sidebar with a comment count
            if(responses[0].ResponseStatus.StatusCode == PluckSDK.ResponseStatusCode.OK){
                var comments = responses[0].Items;
                var commentCount = responses[0].TotalItems;
                var sidebarCommentCount = $("#share_buttons .comments .count");
                sidebarCommentCount.length ? sidebarCommentCount.text(commentCount) : $('#share_buttons h3').after('<div class="pluck"><p><a href="#ng_comments" class="comments">Comments (<span class="count">' + commentCount + '</span>)</a></p></div>');
            }
        }

        // Advance the "recommend" counter when the button is clicked.  Function called in Pluck templates through "onClick" attribute.
        function recCount(link){
            var button = link.parent().next('span');
            var counter = button.find('.recommend_count');

            if (counter.length > 0){
                var count = parseInt(counter.text());
                counter.html(count+1);
            } else {
                button.append('<span class="recommend_count"> (1)</span>');
            }

            return false;
        }

        function shareCount(){
            var countText = $('#share_buttons .comments .count').text();
            var count = parseInt(countText);
            $('#share_buttons .comments .count').text(count+1);
        }

        pluckAppProxy.registerActivityCallback('CommentCreate', shareCount);

        $(document).ready(function(){
            $('#ssoauth').prepend('<p class="action"><a class="rpxnow" style="display: none;" href="'+ssoURL+'">Sign In</a></p>');

            $.getScript(
            (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://": "http://static.") + "rpxnow.com/js/lib/rpx.js",
            function() {
                RPXNOW.overlay = true;
                RPXNOW.language_preference = 'en';
                RPXNOW.token_url = 'http://'+baseURL+'/rest/sso/rpx_response/?next='+pathURL+'';
                RPXNOW.realm = rpxNowRealm;
            });

            getUser();

            if (typeof(articleKey) != 'undefined') {
                getCommentsInfo(articleKey);
            }

        });


    </script>

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